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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sudha feel when she is with her husband and his family?

2. What did Sudha's father give her?

3. Ramesh's aunt insulted __________.

4. In a dream, what does Sudha hear Anju's son telling her?

5. When Sudha discovers she is pregnant, how does her mother-in-law treat her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

2. How does Anju's life change in America?

3. What is symbolic of the final scene in the novel?

4. What role does Sudha's mother-in-law take over Sudha's reproductivity?

5. Why does Sudha think that Gouri has not called to tell her about the brain defect?

6. Why does Anju decide to get a job?

7. Is it a good idea for Sudha to move to America?

8. What worries does Sudha have for her unborn child?

9. Why hasn't Sudha's mother-in-law been telling anybody that Sudha is pregnant?

10. Who speaks up most for Sudha and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did Sudha make the right decision to go to America? Did Anju make the right decision to invite her?

Essay Topic 2

What are the essential differences between Sudha's voice and Anju's voice? Why is voice significant in the novel? Whose voice is stronger?

Essay Topic 3

Make a prediction based on what you believe will happen after the embrace between the two women ends. Use at least two pieces of evidence from the novel to support your claim.

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